Thesaurus: bilious

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the bile.
2. a. Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.
3. a. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered.
4. adj. relating to or containing bile
5. adj. suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
6. adj. irritable as if suffering from indigestion
7. 1. Of or pertaining to the bile. 2. Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with and excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms. 3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. "A bilious old nabob." Macaulay. Bilious temperament. See Temperament.
8. j:100 a. relating to or containing bile s. suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress